The Met Office are trying to convince us that it was well warm this spring despite folk resorting to hot water bottles and bobble hats, so I took a look at HadCET nighttime temperatures 1878-2024
I think we can guess which year won the gold with a mean nighttime temperature of 18.25°C - scorchio! Silver went to 1889 with 16.85°C and bronze went to 2008 with 17.92°C.
I think you need to check this:
I think we can guess which year won the gold with a mean nighttime temperature of 18.25°C - scorchio! Silver went to 1889 with 16.85°C and bronze went to 2008 with 17.92°C.
Whoops! The years are correct but I read from the wrong column - now corrected.
That is what I expected you had done.